Archives for October 2013

On Saturday morning, my husband took my daughter to the park. While walking through the neighborhood, he spotted signs advertising a community Halloween party thrown by the HOA that evening. There would be movies, games, music, and a costume competition, and something called “safe trick-or-treating,” which I just assumed meant old school, door-to-door Trick-or-Treating beforeRead More

The last 3 Goldfish left in the Goldfish box Frantically searching for my keys when I should have left 5 minutes ago Plastic furniture French fries with a side of veggie squeeze pack A stack of clean, folded diapers and clothes sitting on the railing at the top of the stairs for days Owning aRead More

I’m not a particularly crafty person, and I’m terrible at coming up easy craft ideas that are toddler-friendly. I recently stumbled into a pretty easy and mess-free Halloween craft for Isla, who loves art and could probably spend most of the day coloring and putting stickers on things and be perfectly content. All you needRead More

We’re huge fans of Babykicks diapers in our house. That’s why I’m so bummed to say that the elastic has snapped in the leg of our second Babykicks diaper. I talked about how one diaper from our initial order came with one of the elastics snapped. I assumed it was a one-off problem. However, nowRead More

We are no longer potty training. The change in sitters and routine was just a little too much. Isla was freaking out every time we asked if she wanted to go potty, so we decided after a week of many, many accidents to put her back in diapers. The good news is, she loves theRead More